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The Gobelin Tapestries, Linderhof Palace, Upper Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1895

Linderhof Palace (German: Schloss Linderhof) is a palace in Germany, near Oberammergau in southwest Bavaria near Ettal Abbey. It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one of which he lived to see completion. The eastern and western tapestry chambers are almost identical and have no specific function. The western one is sometimes called "Music Room" because of the Aeolodion (an instrument combining piano and harmonium) in it. Only the curtains and the coverings on the furniture are real products of the Parisian Gobelin Manufactory. The scenes on the walls are painted on rough canvas in order to imitate real tapestries.

 

Photochrom print by Photoglob Zürich, between 1890 and 1900.

 

From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress

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Uploaded on December 20, 2008
Taken circa 1895